Medicine – The Episodic Table of Elements

The Episodic Table Of Elements Holiday Special

December 20, 2023

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♪ O chemistry, o chemistry, the study of all matter ♫

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Nuclear fuel plates submerged in water, showing the blue light of Cherenkov radiation.

89. Actinium: The Windup… And The Pitchblende

November 8, 2021

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André-Louis Debierne, Cherenkov Radiation, Etymology, Friedrich Oskar Giesel, Glenn T. Seaborg, Medicine, Mineralogy, Mining, Pitchblende, Radioactivity, Speed Of Light, The Simpsons

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We all know that radioactive rocks glow in the dark, except they actually don’t, except for when they actually do.

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88. Radium: Several Sordid Affairs

October 18, 2021

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Out of all the characters who encounter radium in this episode, the only one to emerge unscathed is the guy who comes face-to-face with Satan.

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64. Gadolinium: Three Wise Men

July 13, 2020

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Like Luke Skywalker, today’s tale takes a farmboy to greatness.

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